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Topsy, Turvy Start to Camp

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Jason Taylor Officially a Redskin; Daniels, Buzbee on I.R. The first day of the Redskins 2008 Training Camp began and ended notoriously for different reasons. On the first play of 7-on-7 practice drills, Phillip Daniels was tangled in a pile-up and tore his anterior cruciate ligament. The injury forced Daniels to be carted off the … Read more

2008 Training Camp Breakdown: Special Teams

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Here is a look at some of the special teams battles going on at camp: Kicking: Shaun Suisham is coming off of the second best statistical season ever for a Redskins kicker, making 29 of 35 field goals (82.9%). The percentage is only behind Mark Moseley’s 95% in his 1982 MVP season. Suisham also kicked … Read more

2008 Training Camp Breakdown: Linebackers

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After a dismal season in 2006, the Redskins defense needed on-field leadership and direction. That is exactly what they received when they signed middle linebacker London Fletcher last spring. Under former assistant head coach/defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, the Redskins defense ranked third and ninth in 2004 and 2005 respectively. An unexpected drop to 31st overall … Read more

2008 Training Camp Breakdown: Quarterbacks

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One of the most frequent questions asked by the media and Redskins fans following Jim Zorn’s promotion from offensive coordinator to head coach was: “How will Jason Campbell adjust to Zorn’s version of the West Coast offense?” Campbell has been hearing questions like that his whole career. Now entering his fourth season as a pro, … Read more

Breaking Down The Defensive Backs

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The defensive philosophy of Gregg Williams, the Washington Redskins’ assistant head coach-defense from 2004 to 2007, relied mainly on aspects of the cover-2 and Tampa-2 defenses until last year when he shifted to more cover-1 to take advantage of free safety Sean Taylor’s coverage abilities, especially the amount of ground he could cover. Regardless of … Read more

Smith, Brown, Hanburger and Fischer For HOF

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This is the first installment of a weekly contribution from Rob Janis. Rob is the lead blogger at the Redskins Fan Forum community on WashingtonTimes.com. – eds. My name is Rob Janis. This is my first column for the-hogs.net. I should introduce myself but that was already done in < a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/redskins-fan-forum/2008/May/16/hello6651a/" target="_blank">my first blog … Read more

A New Era Begins

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Friday, May 2nd 2008 was the first of many things for quite a few people that were at Redskins Park this weekend. Jim Zorn went into his first NFL mini-camp as a head coach. Zorn addressed the entire team for the first time on Friday morning, and then he held the team’s first practice of … Read more

Redskins get Offensive on Day 1

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When the Washington Redskins went on the clock at the 2008 NFL Draft at around 5:20 pm on Saturday, they needed to address the wide receiver, defensive line, and offensive line and safety positions. By this time four defensive linemen had been taken along with five offensive linemen. With no receivers rated as number one … Read more

Dan Snyder Talks ‘Skins

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In this morning’s edition of the Washington Times, David Elfin published a transcript of an interview he did with Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder and a corresponding article. While I have issue with some of the things David Elfin writes and was unimpressed with the way he handled the inclusion of fan sites in the 2004 Mini Camp I was lucky enough to attend, this interview gives an interesting insight into how Dan Snyder views himself and the organization in its current state.

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